1916–17 Rangers F.C. season

The 1916–17 season was the 43rd season of competitive football played by Rangers.

Rangers

1916–17 season
Chairman	John Ure Primrose
Manager	William Wilton
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish League	3rd P38 W24 D5 L9 F68 A32 Pts53
Top goalscorer	League: Charlie Duncan (15) All: Charlie Duncan (15)

Overview

Rangers played a total of 41 competitive matches during the 1916–17 season. They finished third in the Scottish League after winning 24 of the 38 league matches and collecting a total of 53 points (11 behind league winners Celtic).

The Scottish Cup was not competed for this season, as the Scottish Football Association had withdrawn the tournament due to the outbreak of the First World War.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish League Division One

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 1916	Dundee	H	3–0	12,000	C.Duncan (2), S.Duncan
26 August 1916	Heart of Midlothian	A	3–1	10,500	Cairns, S.Duncan, Archibald
2 September 1916	Dumbarton	H	6–0	10,000	C.Duncan (3), Logan, Cairns, S.Duncan (pen.)
16 September 1916	Kilmarnock	H	3–0	10,000	S.Duncan (2, 1 pen.), C.Duncan
30 September 1916	St Mirren	H	1–0	12,000	Cairns
7 October 1916	Ayr United	A	3–1	6,000	Paterson (2), S.Duncan
14 October 1916	Motherwell	H	2–1	5,000	Cairns (2)
21 October 1916	Third Lanark	A	1–1	30,000	Paterson
28 October 1916	Celtic	A	0–0	40,000
4 November 1916	Greenock Morton	H	0–1	30,000
11 November 1916	Hibernian	A	0–0	10,000
18 November 1916	Clyde	H	1–0	8,000	S.Duncan
25 November 1916	Raith Rovers	A	4–1	5,000	Archibald (2), Riddell, Bennett
2 December 1916	Falkirk	H	3–1	7,000	S.Duncan (2), Cairns
9 December 1916	Airdrieonians	A	0–2	8,000
16 December 1916	Hibernian	H	5–1	10,000	Martin (2), Manderson, C.Duncan, Dornan (o.g.)
23 December 1916	Motherwell	A	1–2	8,000	Blair (pen.)
30 December 1916	Airdrieonians	H	3–0	12,000	C Duncan (2), Lawson
1 January 1917	Celtic	H	0–0	50,000
2 January 1917	Partick Thistle	A	1–0	12,000	Martin
6 January 1917	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	12,000	Martin
13 January 1917	Clyde	A	1–0	15,000	Riddell
20 January 1917	Partick Thistle	H	3–0		C.Duncan (2), Riddell
27 January 1917	Hamilton Academical	H	2–1	8,000	Blair (pen.), Pursell
3 February 1917	Aberdeen	A	1–3	6,000	C.Duncan
10 February 1917	Ayr United	H	1–0	12,000	Manderson
17 February 1917	Dumbarton	A	3–0	5,000	Bell, Cairns, Croot
24 February 1917	St Mirren	A	1–1	12,000	Cairns
3 March 1917	Aberdeen	H	1–0	8,000	Gordon
10 March 1917	Greenock Morton	A	0–1	7,000
17 March 1917	Falkirk	A	2–0	5,000	Cairns (2)
24 March 1917	Raith Rovers	H	4–3	5,000	Livingston (3), Cairns
31 March 1917	Kilmarnock	A	1–4	5,000	Cairns
7 April 1917	Third Lanark	H	0–2	15,000
9 April 1917	Queen's Park	A	4–1	10,000	C.Duncan (2), Gray, Rutherford
21 April 1917	Hamilton Academical	A	1–3	7,000	C.Duncan
21 April 1917	Queen's Park	H	1–0	7,000	Harris
28 April 1917	Dundee	A	1–2	9,000	Blair (pen.)

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
Herbert Lock	GK	18	0
Bert Manderson	DF	41	2
Jimmy Blair	DF	37	3
James Logan	DF	14	1
Harold McKenna	MF	26	0
Scott Duncan	MF	30	9
Dick Bell	MF	15	1
Charlie Duncan	FW	26	15
Tommy Cairns	FW	27	14
Bobby Archibald	FW	14	3
James Riddell	DF	25	3
Hector Lawson	MF	26	1
George Philip	FW	2	0
Bill Paterson	FW	5	3
John Hempsey	GK	22	0
George Law	DF	4	0
Alec Bennett	MF	7	1
James Bowie	MF	21	0
James Martin	MF	22	4
William Hamilton	GK	1	0
Joe Hendry	MF	6	0
Jimmy Gordon	DF	7	1
Fred Crook	MF	9	1
Andrew Livingstone	FW	5	3
Fred Gray	MF	2	1
Walter Rutherford	FW	1	1
John Anderson	MF	2	0
Neil Harris	FW	1	1
John Dick	MF	1	0
Sandy Archibald	FW	1	0
Alex Lindsay	FW	1	0

See also

• 1916–17 in Scottish football